CHANGE
CONTROL
PROCEDURE
Yogendra Ghanwatkar
ORIGIN OF
CHANGE CONTROL
The term Change Control is
given by NASA
Definition of Change Control
A written procedure to initiate, evaluate,
approve, implement and close the changes
with documentation in
Facility
Process
Specification
Documentation
Test Procedure
Equipments
Instruments
Systems
that may affect the Quality of Product.
Stages of
Change Control Procedure
Change Initiation
Pre Review and Evaluation of Change
Approval of Change
Implementation of Change
Evaluation of Change after Implementation
Closure of Change
SOP No. for “Change Control Procedure” is
“------.
Change Initiation
A request for Change Control Form
raised from Concerned Department
to QA Department.
Issuance of CCF
Completion of CCF by Concerned
Department duly signed by HOD-
conc.Dept. and Plant Head.
Submission of CCF to QA Department
Cont.
Allocating a Change Control Number by QA
Dept. to filled CCF as: CC/YY/NNN.
Where,
CC:- Change Control
YY:- Last two digit of calender Year
NNN:- Serial Number of Change
For Example:CC/18/001- First Change
Control Raised in Year 2018
Pre Review & Evaluation
Pre-evaluation by QA ( List of
Activities to be performed)
Change Control Committee
Remarks of Head-QA and other
Departments.
Approval of Change
Summarization of Comments of CCC
Final assessment & Approval by Head-
QA ( If require forwarded to CQA)
Intimation of decision to concerned
department by QA.
Implementation
InitiatorDepartment shall
Implement the Change (s), as
suggested by Head-QA.
Evaluation of Change after
Implementation
Post Implementation results evaluated by
CCC for its effectiveness for:
Training
Results of Validation Study
Analytical Results
Stability Data
Changes made Permanent
Review of Documents affected by change
Closure of Change
Approvalfrom Plant Head & Head-QA
CCF Submitted to Documentation
Cell.
Flow Chart for CCP
Initiation of Change
Control by initiator Filled Change Control Assigning the Change
Department form duly Form from Initiating Control number &
authorized by Department to QA recording in log book
Departmental HOD and
Plant Head
Review CC Form by Head-QA
for Approval / Rejection
QA head rejects change Review and Evaluation
control if found against of Change by Change
policy or cGMP or cGLP Control Committee
Approved
Implementation of Change(s)
Intimation to Initiating
Department for rejection
Post Implementation of proposed change
Review & Evaluation of
Change(s) Made
Submission to
Final review Head-QA & Documentation
Plant Head & change Cell
control closure
Description of Annexure-I of SOP
No.BQA-011
Description of Annexure-II of SOP
No.BQA-011
Questions ?